The Impact of Folk Music and Speech Melody -- The Transformation of Folk Models -- Harmony and Tonality -- Orchestration and Key Preference: Two Idiosyncrasies -- Music and Narrative -- The Fiddler's Child = Šumařovo dítě -- Taras Bulba -- The Ballad of Blaník = Balada Blanícká -- Sinfonietta -- The Danube Symphony and the Violin Concerto -- Postscript.